Man Arrested In Battery Of Girl

CENTRAL FLORIDA - The Area - In Brief

March 5, 2005

KISSIMMEE -- A 37-year-old man was in the Osceola County Jail without bail Friday after being arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious battery on a minor, Kissimmee police said.

Macario S. Velasquez met a 14-year-old girl at the Kissimmee apartment complex where both lived and began a relationship with her, police said. The girl's mother contacted police after the girl ran off with Velasquez and later was discovered to be pregnant, police spokesman Greg Alayon said.

The alleged battery happened in January, according to police.

Velasquez was arrested Thursday evening on a warrant after he agreed by phone to meet a woman he thought was an acquaintance at a Vine Street restaurant. The woman was a police officer.